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Yoga
Most people believe yoga is a modern 1 of exercise, but it’s not. It was started in India 2 of years ago. It is good for mental and physical health. It is 3 a difficult kind of exercise, but it is good for the 4 body. You need to be very flexible. The woman in the picture is__5_ expert. Jogging
Jogging is cheap and you 6 do it anywhere. However, Jogging in Hong Kong can be 7 unhealthy because of the 8 pollution. Also jogging on the 9 streets is very bad for your knees. It is also bad for the heart and lungs. Although jogging can keep you fit, many experts believe it is not the 10 kind of exercise.
Yoga
Most people believe yoga is a modern 1. type of exercise, but it’s not. It was started in India 2. hundreds of years ago. It is good for mental and physical health. It is 3. not a difficult kind of exercise, but it is good for the 4. whole body. You need to be very flexible. The woman in the picture is 5. an expert. Jogging
Jogging is cheap and you 6. can do it anywhere. However, Jogging in Hong Kong can be 7. very unhealthy because of the 8. air pollution. Also jogging on the 9. hard streets is very bad for your knees. It is also bad for the heart and lungs. Although jogging can keep you fit, many experts believe it is not the 10. best kind of exercise.
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The Star Ferry
The Star Ferry is 1. over 100 years old. The first ferry crossed the harbour in 1888. It 2. only cost 5c and was the only way to go from Hong Kong Island 3. to Kowloon. It is still very cheap. It costs $2 to sit 4. upstairs in air-conditioning or $1 to sit downstairs. This is cheaper than the bus or the MTR. The Star Ferry company 5. has 12 ships. All of them have ‘Star’ in their name. They run every 6. few minutes from Wan Chai, Central and Tsim Sha Tsui. The Star Ferry is 7. famous throughout the world. The green and 8. white ships are now a symbol of Hong Kong. Everyday in Hong Kong people use the ferry to go to work. It is much 9. cheaper than the MTR. Tourists from all over the world come to Hong Kong to ride on the Star Ferry which has been made famous by films 10. like ‘Suzi Wong’
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Gladiators If people 1 entertainment in Italy today they can watch a football match. But 2000 years ago, it was very 2. People went to the Coliseum to watch gladiators 3. Gladiators were slaves because they did not have a 4. If they did not want to fight, then they would be killed. Two of them 5 fight in front of a 6 of 60, people. They fought each other with different weapons like swords, axes and clubs. The fight only 7 when one gladiator was dead. Sometimes gladiators would fight hungry lions and tigers. The gladiator would always lose, but the crowd 8 it. Some gladiators were very popular. If he was very brave the emperor would give 9 his freedom. Finally they decided that it was 10_ cruel and gladiator fights stopped around the 5th scentury AD.
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Good afternoon. Could you help me? I need to buy a few 1_.
Of course madam. What 2 I help you with?
Well, how 3_ is this LV bag?
That’s $14,000 madam.
Ok, I’ll take two please. And I need a watch to go with it. How much 4 that watch?
This 5 is $30,000 madam. It’s very beautiful.
Yes, it is. And do you have a dress 6 the same colour?
Yes. This one is silk, It’s on 7 for $22,000. Shall I put it in a bag for you?
Yes please. Thank you for your 8. Here is my credit card.
Excellent madam. The total is $70,000. We hope to see 9 again soon.
Yes. I will be 10 tomorrow. I need to buy another dress for my sister. Thank you for all your help.
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Good afternoon. Could you help me? I need to buy a few 1.
Of course madam. What 2. can I help you with?
Well, how 3 is this LV bag?
That’s $14,000 madam.
Ok, I’ll take two please. And I need a watch to go with it. How much 4 that watch?
This 5. one is $30,000 madam. It’s very beautiful.
Yes, it is. And do you have a dress 6 the same colour?
Yes. This one is silk, It’s on 7 for $22,000. Shall I put it in a bag for you?
Yes please. Thank you for your 8. Here is my credit card.
Excellent madam. The total is $70,000. We hope to see 9. you again soon.
Yes. I will be 10 tomorrow. I need to buy another dress for my sister. Thank you for all your help.
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Natural disasters In December 2004 there 1. was an underwater earthquake in the Indian Ocean. This caused a tsunami. A tsunami is a 2. giant wave. It moved at 600 km/h and the wave was 30 metres 3. high when it hit Indonesia, India and Thailand. It knocked 4. down tall buildings and killed more than 230,000 people. Some people who 5. saw the wave coming ran to the mountains. The wave travelled 6. for many kilometres over land. It was the biggest and deadliest tsunami in 7. history. Lisa Snow (12) explains what happened. “ I saw a huge wall of water 8. coming at me. I screamed at my mum and 9. dad to run. We turned and ran really fast. We went into a hotel and ran upstairs. We saw the water knock down buildings and kill 10. lots of people. It was horrible.”
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Global warming Philip saw a programme on the news about global warming but he didn’t understand it. He asked his dad to explain it.
Philip: Dad. What is global warming?
Dad: Well son, imagine that the 1 is like a big greenhouse. The heat from the _2 comes in, keeps us warm and then leaves.
Philip: Ok, I understand, but 3 is the Earth getting hotter?
Dad: Because we _4 so much pollution from cars and factories, the 5 is full of chemicals like CO2. That means that the 6 from the sun comes to Earth, but it can’t leave. This means the Earth is 7 hotter.
Philip: Isn’t that good? I don’t 8_ the cold.
Dad: If the Earth gets hotter, then all the ice will _9 and many countries will be flooded.
Philip: I see. I think I understand. But what can I 10_ to help?
Dad: What? Errr... what do you think, son?
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Daniel Turner (33) has been a postman in London for 8 years. We asked him a few questions about his job.
So Dan, what’s it like 1 a postman?
Hard work! People forget that I have to do a 2 of walking. Every day I have to walk about 10km when I 3_ the mail.
What’s the best part of your 4?
Definitely Christmas. People always give me lots 5 tips!
And what’s the worst part?
Dogs! All postmen hate 6 dogs. They make our job difficult because we don’t know if they will _7 us.
Has your job changed a lot?
Well, most of the 8 I deliver now are for business, not personal.
9 is that?
I think it’s because most people use internet now. It’s a lot 10. But I still send letters. It keeps me in a job!
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Daniel Turner (33) has been a postman in London for 8 years. We asked him a few questions about his job.
So Dan, what’s it like 1 a postman?
Hard work! People forget that I have to do a 2. lot of walking. Every day I have to walk about 10km when I 3. deliver the mail.
What’s the best part of your 4?
Definitely Christmas. People always give me lots 5. of tips!
And what’s the worst part?
Dogs! All postmen hate 6. big dogs. They make our job difficult because we don’t know if they will 7. bite us.
Has your job changed a lot?
Well, most of the 8. letters I deliver now are for business, not personal.
9 is that?
I think it’s because most people use internet now. It’s a lot 10. faster. But I still send letters. It keeps me in a job!
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S2 Open Cloze Exercises and Answers
